The 2012 Kansas Auctioneers Association Livestock Bid Call Contest was held last Friday, January 20, at the Southeast Kansas Stockyards in Gas, Kan. The 2012 champion is Blaine Lotz of Edna, Kan. Blaine recently won the LMA quarterfinal contest held in Greely, Colorado. We’re excited to have Blaine represent the KAA as our 2012 Livestock [...]
Congrats to Charly Cummings for winning the 2011 LMA World Livestock Auctioneer Championship at the Upstate Livestock Exchange in Williamston, S.C. Charly has been the KAA Auctioneer Champion, the KAA Livestock Auctioneer Champion and is now the LMA champion auctioneer. We are proud of him! More information is currently posted on the LMA website.
The following eight contestants qualified at the Parsons Livestock Market, Parsons, Kansas, today for the 2010 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship, which will be held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in June. The champion was Jim Hertzog, Butler, Missouri. The reserve champion was Bailey Ballou, Elgin, Oklahoma. The runner-up champion was Charly Cummings, Yates Center, Kansas. The [...]
The Kansas Auctioneers Association, Inc. held their State Bid Calling Contest at the Kansas State Fair on September 16. Seventeen contestants vied for the championship and the opportunity to compete on a national level. The competition was judged by Ralph Wade, National Livestock Bid Call Champion; Jodi Sweeney, International Women’s Auctioneer Champion and Mark Younger, [...]
Bob McBride presents 2009 champion buckle to Charly Cummings
Left to right: Andy Conser, Champion; Robert Haley, 1st; Lance Fullerton, 2nd; Robert Baker, 3rd; Charly Cummings, 4th
Pictured Left to Right:: KAA President, John Shoemaker, Tonganoxie; Bid Call Champion Bob McBride, Rock; Lance Fullerton, ElDorado; Charly Cummings, Yates Center; Robert Haley, Valley Center; and Rusty Rhynalds, Meade